Desk mount



June 19, 1962 Fi led Dec. 28. 1959 c. E. NICHOLS 3,039,216

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60709;; Nat/2043 BY jyfl Mw W HTT'U Unite States Patent 3,039,216 DESK MOUNT Gordon E. Nichols, Middleboro, Mass., assignor to Winthrop-Atkins (10., Inc, Middleboro, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Filed Dec. 28, 1959, Ser. No. 862,198 Claims. (Cl. 40-120) This invention relates to a desk mount for supporting a calendar pad, photograph, memorandum pad, or the like, and has for its principal objects to provide a mount of very simple, inexpensive construction without sacrificing utility or appearance; which is sturdy, easy to set up and/ or fold, and when folded occupies very little space. Other objects are to provide a mount which may be cut out of fiat sheet material in a single operation and set up simply by folding and applying fastening means to certain of its parts. Still other objects are to provide a mount wherein the supporting leg and brace are so related that they are interengageable with an audible snap.

As herein illustrated, the mount comprises a rigid faceboard adapted to be supported at its lower edge in an upright, rearwardly inclined position, a leg hinged to the back side of the faceboard for angular disposition relative thereto, and a spreader disposed between the lower part of the faceboard and the leg. The spreader has parts hingedly connected at their adjacent edges to each other and at their distal edges to the lower edges of the faceboard and leg respectively, and are angularly movable about the hinge connecting their adjacent edges in a direction to displace the leg rearwardly with respect to the faceboard. A brace, at the rear side of the faceboard operates to hold the spreader parts at a predetermined angle. The spreader parts are rigid panels situated between the lower part of the faceboard and the leg and are substantially the same width, so as to be symmetrical, and so that the hinge connecting their adjacent edges is substantially subjacent the hinge connecting the leg to the rear side of the faceboard. The leg is connected to the faceboard by a backboard attached to the rear side of the faceboard, to the lower edge of which the leg is hinged. The spreader parts have an opening at the hinge connecting them, portions of which are situated in each board and a locking tab extends into the opening from one of the boards. The brace extends downwardly from the backboard through the opening and contains an opening at its distal end engaged with the tab. Alternatively, the leg has an opening and the brace is an integral, upwardly and rearwardly projecting extension of one of the spreader boards, the distal end of which extends through the opening in the leg and there are interengageable means at the distal end of the brace and the opening in the leg.

The blank, which is of single ply board, covered on one or both surfaces with a decorative paper, comprises a pair of narrow panels hingedly connected at their adjacent edges and a pair of wider panels hingedly connected to the distal edges of the narrower panel, one of the wider panels constituting the faceboard, the other being divided between its edges by a hinge parallelling the hinge connecting it to the narrower panel to form the backboard and the leg. In one form the narrower panels of the blank contain an opening, portions of which are situated in each panel, and a locking tab extending into the opening from one panel. In this form, the brace is cut out of the leg panel along three sides and is integral with the backboard at the fourth side. In the other form, the brace is cut out of one of the narrower panels along three sides and is integral with the other at the fourth side, and the opening is formed in the leg panel.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the mount;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation to much larger scale;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation broken away in part;

FIG. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an end view of the mount with the frontboard folded inwardly;

FIG. 5a is an end view of the mount with the frontboard folded outwardly;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the blank;

FIG. 7 is an elevation of a modified form of the mount;

FIG. 8 is an end elevation of FIG. 7 to larger scale;

FIG. 9 is a rear elevation broken away in part;

FIG. 10 is a section taken on the line 10-40 of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 shows the mount with the frontboard folded inwardly; and

FIG. 12 is a-plan view of the blank.

Referring to the drawings, the mount has a rigid, substantially rectangular faceboard 10 which is adapted to be supported at its lower edge in an upright, rearwardly inclined position by a leg 12 hinged to the rear side of the faceboard and displaceable rearwardly with respect thereto. The leg is preferably supported at the rear side of the faceboard by a backboard 13, to the lower edge of which it is connected by a paper hinge 1'5, however, it is to be understood that other means may be employed to connect the leg to the faceboard. The leg is held rearwardly displaced, relative to the faceboard, by a spreader comprised of a pair of rigid baseboard panels 14 and 16, connected at their adjacent edges by a paper hinge 18, and at their distal edges by paper hinges 20 and 22, to the lower edges of the leg and faceboard, respectively. The panels 14 and 16 are of substantially. the same width and of narrower width than the leg, so that the hinge 18 is substantially vertically subjacent the hinge 13 connecting the leg to the faceboard. An opening is cut in the panels 14 and 16, at their adjacent ends, portions of which lie in each panel and a locking tab 26 projects into that portion of the opening situated in the panel 16, the locking tab projecting upwardly and rearwardly. -A brace 28 extends downwardly from the rear side of the faceboard and its lower end projects through the opening and contains an opening 30 engageable with the tab and is operable, by such engagement, to hold the panel 16 at a predetermined, rearwardly displaced angle with respect to the faceboard and hence to hold the leg displaced rearwardly at a predetermined angle. The faceboard is adapted to receive and support a calendar pad, photograph, memorandum pad, or the like, which may be attached to the lower part thereof in any suitable manner. As shown herein, however, the pre fered manner is to provide a pocket 32, such as shown in my pending application Serial No. 847,496, filed October 20, 1959, and to slip the object to be held into the pocket behind the marginal retainers 34 at opposite ends. That part of the faceboard above the pocket is designed to receive advertising indicia.

The mount, as thus described, may be folded with the panels 14 and 16, upwardly between the lower part of the faceboard and the leg, as shown in FIG. 5, or downwardly as shown in FIG. 5a, the latter providing for a flatter package.

The mount is made of a blank of suitable paperboard and may be cut out of continuous strips of material by a single cutting or punching operation, which severs the blank from the sheet material ready to be folded in suitable form and fastened by the simple expedient of secur- 3 adhesive, staples or with a binding at the edges in accordance with conventional practice.

-As herein shown, the blank is comprised of a pair of narrow panels aa, which constitute the baseboards 14 and 16, disposed with their adjacent edges in spaced re- 1 lation, a pair of wider panels bb, which constitute the faceboard, backboard and leg 10', 13 and 12, disposed in spaced relation to the outer edges of the panels aa and covering material 36 applied to one or both sides, thus holding the panels together and providing the hinges '18, 20 and '22. The opening 24 and the tab 26 are cut through the composite blank when the latter is cut from the sheet material so as to straddle the hinge 18. One of the panels b is divided into two parts, constituting the backboard and leg 13 and 1-2, intermediate its edges, by a pair of slots e-e, extending inwardly from its outer edges, which are covered by the facing material and contains the brace 28 which is separated from the panel b along converging cuts c-c, joined at their ends by a cut d parallel to the hinge and integral with the panel, at its fourth side. The brace 28 has an opening 30 punched through it for reception of the tab 26.

FIGS. 7 to 12 inclusive, show a modification of the mount. Referring to FIG. 8, there is a faceboard 60, a leg 62, baseboards 64 and 66, and a brace 68. The leg 62 is connected by a hinge 70 to the lower edge of a backboard 72 fastened to the rear side of the faceboard 69. The braces 64 and 66 are connected to each other by a hinge 74 and at their remote ends to the lower edges of the leg and faceboard by hinges 76 and 78. The leg 62 contains an opening 8t) which has along its lower side, at opposite ends, undercut shoulders 82. The brace 68 is an integral upwardly, rearwardly, projecting extension of the baseboard 66-, the distal end of which extends through the opening 80 and which has a T-shaped head 84, the neck of which is adapted to fit into the opening between the undercut shoulders and the arms of which are adapted to engage the leg outwardly of the shoulders. The faceboard 60 has a pocket 86 transversely of its lower part with retaining flanges 88 at its opposite ends into which may be thrust a pad or photograph as described above.

In contrast to the mount shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 inclusive, whihc may be folded either as shown in FIG. 5, with the footboard folded upwardly between the faceboard and the leg, or downwardly as shown in FIG. a, with the baseboards folded outwardly, the mount shown in FIGS. 7 to 12 inclusive, can be folded only in the one position, that is, with the baseboards folded upwardly between the faceboard and leg.

The blank, shown in FIGS. 7 to 12 inclusive, is of single ply construction, being made of paperboard, covered on one or both sides with a facing paper 92. There are two narrow panels a'a arranged edge to edge, which constitute the baseboards 64, 66 and two wider panels b--b' arranged at the distal ends of the narrower panels, which constitute the faceboard, backboard and leg 60, 62 and 72. The several panels are connected by the facing paper so as to provide the hinges 74, 76 and 78. One of the panels [1' has slots e'e extending inwardly from its lateral edges, parallel to the hinge 76 which form the hinge 70 and which divide the panel intermediate its edges, the inner part constituting the leg 62 and the outer part constituting the backboard 72. The opening 80 is formed in the leg by transversely extending, spaced parallel cuts c'-c' one of which coincides with the hinge 7i and the other of which is parallel thereto and lies in the leg, and laterally spaced cuts dd' perpendicular to the hinge 7 i) which join the cuts cc' and have portions deviating at their intersections with the cut 0' to provide the re-entrant shoulders 82-8 2. The brace 68 is an integral rigid extension of one of the baseboards a and extends into the other, being severed therefrom by a cut f parallel to the hinge 74 and spaced parallel cuts g g, at right angles to t the hinge 74, which intersect the cut f. Portions of the cuts g deviate to form the T-shaped head 84.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A mount comprising a rigid faceboard adapted to be supported at its lower edge in an upright, rearwardly inclined position by a base, said base comprising, a leg hinged to the back side of the faceboard for angular displacement relative thereto, a pair of baseboards situated between the lower part of the faceboard and the leg, said baseboards being hinged at their adjacent edges to each other, and at their distal edges to the lower edges of the faceboard and the leg respectively, the baseboards being of substantially the same width so that the hinge connecting the adjacent edges of the baseboards is substantially vertically subjacent the hinge connecting the leg to the faceboard, and a brace hinged to the faceboard so as to extend rearwardly therefrom at an acute angle, the distal end of the brace being interengageable with a component part at the base at an obtuse angle so as to hold the leg displaced rearwardly with respect to the faceboard.

2. A mount according to claim 1, wherein there is a backboard secured to the rear side of the faceboard and the leg is hinged at its upper end to the backboard.

3. A mount according to claim 1, wherein there is a backboard attached to the rear side of the faceboard and the brace extends downwardly from the backboard.

4. A mount according to claim 1, wherein there is a backboard attached to the rear side of the faceboard, the leg is hinged to and extends downwardly from the lower edge of the backboard, and the brace is cut out of the leg and extends downwardly from the hinge line thereof.

5. A mount comprising a rigid faceboard adapted to be supported at its lower edge in an upright, rearwardly inclined position, a leg hinged to the back side of the faceboard for angular disposition relative thereto, a pair of baseboards situated between the lower part of the faceboard and the leg, said baseboar-ds being symmetrically disposed and hinged at their adjacent edges to each other and at their distal edges to the lower edges of the faceboard and leg respectively, so that the respective hinge lines he in spaced parallel relation in a common plane, said leg containing an opening, a brace integral with one of the baseboards extending upwardly therefrom through the opening in the leg, and means projecting into the opening in the leg interengageable with the distal end of the brace.

6. A blank containing a pair of narrow panels hinged at their adjacent edges and containing an opening at the hinge, portions of said opening being situated in each panel, a pair of panels of greater width hinged to the distal edges of the narrower panel, one of which is divided intermediate its edges by a transverse hinge parallel to the hinge connecting it to the narrower panel to form a leg hingedly connected to the narrower panel, and a backboard, and the other of which constitutes the faceboard, and a brace cut out of the leg panel along three sides and integral with the backboard at the fourth side.

7. A blank according to claim 6, wherein a locking tab extends into the opening in the narrower panel and the brace contains an opening interengageable with the tab.

8. A blank comprising a pair of narrow panels hinged at their adjacent edges, a pair of wider panels hinged to the distal edges of the narrow panels, one of said wider panels being divided intermediate its edges by a transversely extending hinge parallel to the hinge connecting it to the narrower panel, to form a leg and a backboard, the leg containing an opening, the other of the wider panels constituting the faceboard, and a brace cut out of one of the narrower panels along three sides and integral with the other at the fourth side.

9. A mount comprising a rigid faceboard adapted to be supported at its lower edge in an upright, rearwardly inclined position, a leg hinged to the back side of the faceboard for angular disposition relative thereto, a pair of baseboards situated between the lower part of the faceboard and the leg, said baseboards being symmetrically disposed and hinged at their adjacent edges to each other and at their distal edges to the lower edges of the faceboard and leg respectively, so that the respective hinge lines he in spaced parallel relation in a common plane, said leg containing an opening, a brace integral with the baseboard extending upwardly from the lower end of the faceboard through an opening in the leg, and means projecting into the opening in the leg interengageable with the distal end of the brace.

10. A blank containing a pair of narrow panels hinged at their adjacent edges, a pair of panels of greater width hinged to the distal edges of the narrow panels, one of References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,144,341 Anderson 1 June 29, 1915 1,524,338 Chesney Jan. 27, 1925 2,530,950 Ebert et al Nov. 21, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS 607.801 Great Britain Sept. 6, 1948 

